Saturday, December 02, 2006
Tuesday 21st November:
We went to the National Library today to use their internet connection. It was full of boffins and very hush hush! In the afternoon we did some more sightseeing. We visited the National Gallery and wandered among the Monets, Picassos, McCubbins and Boyds just to name a few. Wow, it was great to see the real thing, specially Monet’s “Water Lillies”. We also wandered around the sculpture gardens which overlooks Lake Burley Griffin. We then moved on to Parliament House which was quite interesting. The main foyer is full of marble and timber paneling. No “Pollies” about just lots of tourists!
Wednesday 22nd November:
Rest day today, no sightseeing! We visited the Belconnen Food Markets and also the Westfield Shopping Centre. It is very hot today with a gusty hot wind blowing. There is a total fire ban here in the ACT. We spent the afternoon tucked up in our airconditioned van.
We got away early from
Friday 24th November:
Happy Birthday Ferg! We got up early this morning and took a walk in the
We have decided to stay in Dalmeny for a week as it is such a great spot. We woke up to a glorious day, Ferg took a walk along the beach and I sat under the annexe and drank in the view. Later we went fossicking along the rocks on the point. We had a lazy day watching cricket and checking out the surfers riding the waves. We again joined our neighbours for happy hour then cooked up some flathead fillets and chips for dinner.
Sunday 26th November:
We visited the Narooma Markets today and I bought a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle to keep me busy. It’s rather cold today, we had to drag out the winter woolies. The afternoon was spent playing bowls at the Narooma Bowls Club. We had a great afternoon playing mixed triples.
Monday 27th November:
The weather has changed again, it is a magnificent day, the sun is shining, the wind has dropped and the whales are passing by our front door. Ferg joined our neighbour down at the beach to go beach worm hunting. Apparently they are the bees knees for bait around here.
We didn’t go anywhere this morning, just stayed around the van and soaked up the sun and the view. I finally finished the jigsaw. Our neighbour gave us some beach worms so we went fishing in the afternoon. We chose a spot on
Wednesday 29th November:
We did some sightseeing today. We headed south to
Thursday 30th November:
Ferg got the cleaning bug this morning and gave the car and caravan a bath while I did a load of washing. It was a lot colder today but at least the wind had dropped. We went to bowls in Narooma in the afternoon. Ferg and I teamed up and won both our pairs games. Everyone is very friendly around here, it's a shame we are moving on tomorrow.